Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 76 61
Rank change year-on-year -47 -15 -15
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,374 1,538 3,697
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.60% 3.71% 3.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 3.99% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 920 1,066 2,795
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +15.38% -16.82%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% -6.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,759 38,558 80,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.53% 92.98% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39,875 22,521 59,469
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -8.26%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 16 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -31 1,252 £77,500 +3.33% 491
London +5 684 £87,500 +2.94% 223
Work from Home -25 606 £70,000 -2.77% 331
UK excluding London -115 573 £67,500 -3.57% 320
North of England -35 263 £69,310 -3.72% 104
North West -37 121 £70,000 - 68
South East -122 121 £75,000 +11.11% 114
Yorkshire -40 99 £69,310 -3.72% 16
Midlands -74 56 £67,500 +3.85% 26
South West -93 56 £62,500 -8.79% 37
North East -4 43 £65,000 +23.81% 20
East of England -27 41 £62,500 +8.70% 20
West Midlands -33 33 £72,500 +3.57% 10
Scotland -80 30 £60,000 -20.00% 12
East Midlands -68 22 £67,000 +3.08% 16
Wales -29 10 £54,185 -8.93% 6
Northern Ireland -41 5 £62,500 +13.64% 3
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.26%) Apache Spark
2 19 (1.38%) Apache
3 18 (1.31%) Confluence
4 17 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 13 (0.95%) JBoss
7 12 (0.87%) IIS
8 11 (0.80%) OpenStack
9 10 (0.73%) WebSphere
10 9 (0.66%) CMS
11 5 (0.36%) Apache Pulsar
12 4 (0.29%) Appian
12 4 (0.29%) Camunda
12 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.29%) nginx
13 3 (0.22%) Liferay
13 3 (0.22%) NServiceBus
13 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
14 2 (0.15%) SharePoint
15 1 (0.073%) CICS
Applications
1 13 (0.95%) MS Visio
2 11 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.51%) Maya
4 6 (0.44%) PlantUML
5 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.15%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.073%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.15%) Endur
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Retail
5 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Shopify
6 1 (0.073%) Actimize
6 1 (0.073%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.073%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.073%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.073%) Quorum
6 1 (0.073%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.073%) SAP FS
6 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.073%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 753 (54.80%) AWS
2 568 (41.34%) Azure
3 313 (22.78%) GCP
4 243 (17.69%) Serverless
5 165 (12.01%) SaaS
6 119 (8.66%) AWS Lambda
6 119 (8.66%) GitHub
7 110 (8.01%) Amazon S3
8 104 (7.57%) Azure DevOps
9 98 (7.13%) Amazon EKS
10 78 (5.68%) AWS CloudFormation
11 74 (5.39%) Amazon SQS
12 66 (4.80%) Amazon ECS
13 55 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
14 53 (3.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 48 (3.49%) OpenShift
16 47 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
17 42 (3.06%) Azure Service Bus
18 41 (2.98%) PaaS
19 39 (2.84%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 51 (3.71%) Broadband
2 12 (0.87%) Network Security
3 10 (0.73%) HTTP
4 9 (0.66%) AMQP
5 7 (0.51%) Firewall
5 7 (0.51%) Internet
6 6 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (0.44%) DNS
7 5 (0.36%) DHCP
7 5 (0.36%) MQTT
8 4 (0.29%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.29%) LTE
8 4 (0.29%) SNMP
8 4 (0.29%) WAN
9 3 (0.22%) Modbus
9 3 (0.22%) Multicast
9 3 (0.22%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.15%) Hyperconnected
10 2 (0.15%) RFID
10 2 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (13.83%) NoSQL
2 170 (12.37%) PostgreSQL
3 119 (8.66%) MongoDB
4 107 (7.79%) SQL Server
5 71 (5.17%) MySQL
6 67 (4.88%) DynamoDB
7 62 (4.51%) Relational Database
8 46 (3.35%) Elasticsearch
9 40 (2.91%) Redis
10 36 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
11 34 (2.47%) BigQuery
12 30 (2.18%) Big Data
13 22 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
14 21 (1.53%) RDBMS
15 15 (1.09%) Pinecone
16 14 (1.02%) Power BI
17 13 (0.95%) DB2
18 11 (0.80%) Data Lake
19 9 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
19 9 (0.66%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 187 (13.61%) Git
2 126 (9.17%) Jenkins
3 95 (6.91%) GitLab
4 60 (4.37%) TeamCity
5 49 (3.57%) JIRA
6 42 (3.06%) Cucumber
7 32 (2.33%) Cypress.io
8 31 (2.26%) JUnit
9 30 (2.18%) CircleCI
10 29 (2.11%) Selenium
11 20 (1.46%) Bitbucket
12 18 (1.31%) Maven
13 16 (1.16%) Mockito
14 14 (1.02%) Claude Code
14 14 (1.02%) SonarQube
15 13 (0.95%) Vite
16 9 (0.66%) JMeter
16 9 (0.66%) Postman
17 8 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
17 8 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 411 (29.91%) Finance
2 356 (25.91%) Social Skills
3 168 (12.23%) Banking
4 106 (7.71%) Law
5 100 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 89 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
7 84 (6.11%) Retail
8 76 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 58 (4.22%) Financial Institution
10 53 (3.86%) Telecoms
11 48 (3.49%) Back Office
12 27 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.38%) Billing
13 19 (1.38%) Legal
14 17 (1.24%) Advertising
15 15 (1.09%) Games
15 15 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
16 13 (0.95%) Marketing
17 12 (0.87%) Aerospace
18 11 (0.80%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 461 (33.55%) Developer
2 362 (26.35%) Senior
3 287 (20.89%) Software Engineer
4 216 (15.72%) Architect
5 180 (13.10%) Lead
6 115 (8.37%) Senior Developer
7 114 (8.30%) Full-Stack Developer
8 105 (7.64%) Java Developer
9 100 (7.28%) Solutions Architect
10 96 (6.99%) Senior Software Engineer
11 92 (6.70%) Java Engineer
12 71 (5.17%) .NET Developer
13 62 (4.51%) Software Developer
14 53 (3.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 49 (3.57%) Lead Developer
16 48 (3.49%) Java Software Engineer
17 45 (3.28%) Principal Engineer
18 41 (2.98%) C# Developer
19 40 (2.91%) DevOps Engineer
20 39 (2.84%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 308 (22.42%) React
2 292 (21.25%) .NET
3 279 (20.31%) RESTful
4 222 (16.16%) Spring
5 210 (15.28%) REST
6 203 (14.77%) Node.js
7 193 (14.05%) Spring Boot
8 176 (12.81%) Kafka
9 107 (7.79%) AngularJS
10 93 (6.77%) gRPC
11 83 (6.04%) .NET Core
12 79 (5.75%) HTML
13 71 (5.17%) CSS
14 67 (4.88%) RabbitMQ
15 64 (4.66%) .NET Framework
16 57 (4.15%) ASP.NET
16 57 (4.15%) Vue
17 55 (4.00%) Middleware
18 51 (3.71%) Django
19 50 (3.64%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 410 (29.84%) Cloud Native
2 244 (17.76%) Distributed Systems
3 108 (7.86%) Product Ownership
4 92 (6.70%) Enterprise Software
5 58 (4.22%) Greenfield Project
6 54 (3.93%) Legacy Systems
7 45 (3.28%) Over-the-Top Content
7 45 (3.28%) Video\Live Streaming
8 39 (2.84%) Data Structures
9 36 (2.62%) Algorithms
10 31 (2.26%) Distributed Architecture
11 29 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (1.82%) Mobile App
12 25 (1.82%) Virtual Team
13 23 (1.67%) Blockchain
14 20 (1.46%) AI Agents
15 18 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
16 16 (1.16%) IoT
16 16 (1.16%) Management Information System
16 16 (1.16%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 65 (4.73%) Linux
2 28 (2.04%) Windows
3 16 (1.16%) Android
4 9 (0.66%) Unix
5 7 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.44%) CentOS
6 6 (0.44%) Debian
6 6 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.15%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.073%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.073%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 673 (48.98%) CI/CD
2 543 (39.52%) Agile
3 537 (39.08%) DevOps
4 531 (38.65%) Software Engineering
5 388 (28.24%) Containerisation
6 313 (22.78%) Full-Stack Development
7 290 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
8 288 (20.96%) Mentoring
9 283 (20.60%) Event-Driven
10 271 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 268 (19.51%) Test Automation
12 243 (17.69%) AI
13 216 (15.72%) Infrastructure as Code
14 193 (14.05%) Computer Science
15 166 (12.08%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 164 (11.94%) Clean Code
17 161 (11.72%) Scrum
18 160 (11.64%) Roadmaps
19 158 (11.50%) Technical Leadership
20 146 (10.63%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 449 (32.68%) Java
2 381 (27.73%) Python
3 288 (20.96%) SQL
4 262 (19.07%) JavaScript
5 242 (17.61%) C#
6 210 (15.28%) TypeScript
7 132 (9.61%) Go
8 51 (3.71%) Scala
9 44 (3.20%) C++
10 41 (2.98%) PHP
11 35 (2.55%) Bash
12 34 (2.47%) C
13 30 (2.18%) Ruby
14 22 (1.60%) PL/SQL
15 21 (1.53%) Kotlin
16 17 (1.24%) PowerShell
17 16 (1.16%) Shell Script
18 12 (0.87%) Rust
19 10 (0.73%) Groovy
20 9 (0.66%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 197 (14.34%) Degree
2 128 (9.32%) Security Cleared
3 116 (8.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 90 (6.55%) SC Cleared
5 61 (4.44%) AWS Certification
6 38 (2.77%) Master's Degree
7 37 (2.69%) Azure Certification
8 30 (2.18%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 29 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
10 25 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (1.38%) DV Cleared
12 16 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
12 16 (1.16%) CISSP
13 11 (0.80%) CISM
14 10 (0.73%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.58%) PhD
16 6 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.44%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (6.26%) QA
2 31 (2.26%) GDPR
3 26 (1.89%) Accessibility
3 26 (1.89%) PCI DSS
4 25 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.16%) SOC 2
6 14 (1.02%) NIST
7 11 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.73%) NCSC
9 9 (0.66%) GRC
10 6 (0.44%) IFRS
11 5 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.29%) SLA
12 4 (0.29%) WCAG
13 3 (0.22%) Data Quality
13 3 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.22%) SEPA
14 1 (0.073%) EMIR
14 1 (0.073%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 414 (30.13%) Docker
2 14 (1.02%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.36%) Firmware
4 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.073%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.073%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 432 (31.44%) Kubernetes
2 255 (18.56%) Terraform
3 92 (6.70%) Grafana
4 78 (5.68%) Ansible
5 39 (2.84%) Prometheus
6 21 (1.53%) Kibana
7 16 (1.16%) Argo
8 9 (0.66%) HP Fortify
8 9 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.51%) Cilium
9 7 (0.51%) Puppet
10 4 (0.29%) Istio
10 4 (0.29%) Packer
10 4 (0.29%) Rancher
11 3 (0.22%) Nagios
12 2 (0.15%) MIIS
12 2 (0.15%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 121 (8.81%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.59%) Google
3 51 (3.71%) Oracle
4 45 (3.28%) Typelevel
5 19 (1.38%) IBM
6 18 (1.31%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.16%) Red Hat
8 15 (1.09%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.09%) SAP
9 14 (1.02%) Dynatrace
10 13 (0.95%) AppDynamics
10 13 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (0.73%) Cisco
11 10 (0.73%) Software AG
12 9 (0.66%) Atlassian
12 9 (0.66%) Databricks
12 9 (0.66%) Palo Alto
12 9 (0.66%) Splunk
13 8 (0.58%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.51%) Guidewire